Author: John Allen Paulo
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: humor, logic, study, mathematics
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 1982-11-15
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0226650251
ISBN-13: 9780226650258
"Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relationship between humor and mathematics."--Joseph Williams, New York Times "’Leave your mind alone,’ said a Thurber cartoon, and a really complete and convincing analysis of what humour is might spoil all jokes forever. This book avoids that danger. What it does. . .is describe broadly several kinds of mathematical theory and apply them to throw sidelights on how many kinds of jokes work."--New Scientist "Many scholars nowadays write seriousl
Author: Salvatore Attardo
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Keywords: humor, research, theories, linguistic
Number of Pages: 426
Published: 1994-02
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3110142554
ISBN-13: 9783110142556
Author: Rene De Costa
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Keywords: humor, letters, borges, life
Number of Pages: 145
Published: 2000-05
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0814328881
ISBN-13: 9780814328880
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1985) was an Argentine writer of serious avant-garde poetry and prose. This work studies the humour embedded in the author. The author aims to show how Borges was concerned with making the humour in his work more apparent without abandoning the essential story line.
Author: Mary Ann Rishel
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Keywords: humor, life, letters, mind, comic, creativity, writing
Number of Pages: 329
Published: 2002-04-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0814329608
ISBN-13: 9780814329603
Providing both theory and praxis, this insightful and creative textbook explains how to write humor, comedy, satire, parody, nonsense, and both the literary and the joke monologue. Through its close analyses of short stories, sketches, essays, and scripts, it is a must-read for serious and not-so-serious writers of every genre. Guiding aspiring writers through the many techniques for creating humor, it illustrates and analyzes what works and what doesn’t, suggests ways to energize passages that fall flat, and offers insights into brainstorming, team writing, and revision. This book inclu
Author: Joseph Boskin
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Keywords: humor, letters, life, century, prism, america
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 1997-10
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0814325971
ISBN-13: 9780814325971
Author: Regina Barreca
Publisher: Wayne State University Pre
Keywords: humor, literature, life, letters, british, untamed, essays, women, unabashed
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 1994-04-01
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0814321364
ISBN-13: 9780814321362
Author: Joanne R. Gilbert
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Keywords: humor, life, letters, critique, series, cultural, marginality, gender, performing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-04
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0814328032
ISBN-13: 9780814328033
This is a rhetorical analysis of female stand-up comics that explores the relationships among humour, gender and power in contemporary culture. Here, Joanne R. Gilbert aims to illuminate the social, constructive and cultural implications of power and gender in popular entertainment.
